I'm tired. I had an exhausting year at university and at my part-time software engineering job. I went through a lot of stress and developed anxiety. I decided to go back to my hometown for holiday and do nothing to recover from this.
However, I'm unable to just sit and do nothing. A friend has an idea for an app, and I somehow got involved. I also started to compose another album. A couple of days ago, I was thinking of starting the reading I have to do for next semester (and almost did). My brain just keeps pointing at TODOs and "wouldn't it be nice" and "why not this" and I seem to not be able to help myself.
I have 20 more days here and would like to do nothing!
It’s all about intent. Abandon plans! Stop scheming! Without expectations, everything and nothing are equally unexpected.
Imagine a beach ball on the water. It’s incapable of doing anything, and yet it responds to every force with an appropriate reaction. Dive in the pool, and it rolls with the waves. Pull it underwater, and it shoots back to the surface!
It’s fun to live like a beach ball. By doing “nothing”, I find myself bouncing from adventure to adventure.
When I stop doing things, it gives the universe a chance to play with me; I become like a kite in the sky.
[1] https://taylor.town/nothing
Your shopping list and to-do list and bucket list are bottomless. Your lists grow until you decide they’re complete.
Decide that your TODOs are already complete! When nothing remains on your lists, there's only "nothing" left to do :)
[2] https://taylor.town/nothing-fulfills